react.dev is designed for folks who are new to React or are learning basic React concepts. While we'd love to have docs for more advanced users of React (e.g. libraries, frameworks, build tools, etc.) we don't have the resources to make that happen today.
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Because react.dev's audience is new users, the recommendations are also tailored to new users. We don't want to recommend a path for new user where they may have to rewrite a significant part of their app to get a feture they figure out they need down the line
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We think there is a place to recommend Vite and that is why we created the "Build a React app from Scratch" page. We wanted to have a place to recommend build tools without leading new React users down a path we can't, in good faith, recommend react.dev/learn/build-...
react.devBuild a React app from Scratch – ReactThe library for web and native user interfaces
This isn't perfect and most of the folks reading this post aren't the primary audience for this page (or react.dev) because they know the tradeoffs already and can make their own, informed decision.